Milk bottle carrier



May 4, 1948. w. J. LUTEY MILK BOTTLE CARRIER Fil ed July 1, 1946INVENTOR. 01 v Patented May 4,1948

MILK BOTTLE-CARRIER, g WilliamJsLutey, sender-wash... Appliance-jinn,1946, meme This invention relates to-.= improvementsin bottle carriers,and it hasreference mor'e parti'cularly to a device for the safe andconvenient carrying of bottles of milk; it being the principal object ofthe invention to provide a carrier in the form of a rigid, one-piecehandle member, equipped at opposite ends for the reception of the beadedneck portion of a milk bottle for the safe carrying of the bottle.

More specifically stated, the objects of the present invention reside inthe provision of a milk bottle carrier which is formed from a singlepiece of sheet material such as sheet aluminum, and which has a smoothlyrounded central hand grip portion and bottle holding portions at itsopposite ends, each of the latter comprising horizontally spaced fingersdefining a recess between them adapted to receive the neck portion of abottle therebetween for the support of the bottle by the fingersengaging in contact with the lip of the bottle neck. Also, a devicewherein the fingers are shaped to so engage the lip that a supportedbottle will not be accidentally released from the recess.

Still further objects of the invention reside in the details ofconstruction of specific parts of the device and the relationship of theparts as will hereinafter be fully described.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the invention, I haveprovided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms ofwhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is aperspective view of a bottle carrier embodied by the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the carrier device, shown partly inlongitudinal section and illustrating the application of bottlesthereto.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 in Fig. 3.

Referring more in detail to the drawings- The present carrying device,in its preferred form of construction, is made from a single piece ofsheet material, preferably aluminum, that is first blanked out and thenshaped to adapt it to its intended use. a

As shown, the device comprises a substantially straight, rigid carriermember, formed with a central hand grip portion l0, and having bottlesupporting portions H and II at its opposite ends. Each of the portionsll comprises about onefourth the total length of the carrier and theintermediate hand grip portion comprises, the remaining portion.

aidlaiins. (o1; zeta-.45) I In themaking o'fthe" V N p v ma Th bpr'o erd?*r r i nsfqtfth bla k are bent 'upwardly;- along"a"- longitudinal'center line, and inwardly toward each other to give-the hand holdportion a smooth rounded outline of a size easily gripped in a hand ofnormal size; this shape being shown in Fig. 5. The opposite end portionsof the blank are formed with round based recesses, l5l5, as shown bestin Fig. 2. These recesses are defined between horizontally extendingfinger portions l6 and I 6 and these recesses are of the exact widthnecessary to receive the neck portion of a milk bottle of standard sizebetween them, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and to engage with the lip ofthe bottle, as will be understood by reference to Fig. 4, for support ofthe bottle. At the base of each recess is an upwardly extending fingerl8 of hook-like form, adapted to extend over the top edge of the lip ofthe applied bottle. The outer end portions of the fingers l6 and I6 areupwardly and slightly inwardly curved, as in Fig. 3, and the metal ofthe side edges of the handle portion extends along these fingers andjoins therewith in right angle flanges, best shown in Fig. 4.

To apply a bottle to the carrier device, the bottle neck is applied to arecess [5 upon bringing the bottle to the position relative theretoindicated by the dotted line showing of the bottle at the right-hand endof Fig. 3. Then, with the hook portion l8 at that end projecting overthe lip of the bottle, the bottle is swung down to a vertical position,and in this movement, the neck is seated against the rounded base of thesocket and the lip of the bottle neck is located within the flanged sideportions of the fingers and supported by the fingers. The hook l8prevents oscillation of the bottle while being carried.

Carriers of this kind are light in weight, easy to grip and willsecurely hold a bottle at each end. Bottles cannot slip out, but can beeasily and readily removed by tipping the bottle or carrier to therelative positions of the handle and the dotted line showing of thebottle in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is: v

1. A carrier for bottles of the character described comprising a rigidhand grip portion formed at each of its opposite ends with a bottleholding portion; each of said bottle holding portions having a recessopening to'the end thereof, defined by two horizontally spacedfinger-like portions, joined in a rounded edge defining the base of therecess; said recess being designed to from the recess and an upwardlyextending hook forming portion at the base of each recess for engagingover the lip of the bottle as applied to the recess.

2. A bottle carrier of the character described formed from a singlesheet of metal bent to form a rounded hand grip portion and formed witha bottle holding head at opposite ends; said heads each having a recessopening to the end of the hand grip portion and defined betweentwohorizontally spaced finger-like portions joined in a semi-circularedge defining the base edge of the recess; said recess being designed toreceive the neck portion of a bottle therein against said rounded baseedge, said fingers and base edge being designed to supportingly engageagainst the '4 under side or the lip of the bottle neck for thesuspending of the bottle in the carrier: each finger being turnedupwardly and inwardly to engage the bottle lip to prevent the outwardslipping of a. bottle from the recess and there being an upwardlydirected hook portion at the base of each recess to engage over the lipof the bottle as applied to the recess.

WILLIAM J. LUTEY.

REFERENCES crrEn The following references are of record in the "file ofthis patent:

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